Men’s D-I in general
Several big series in the WCHA led to at least one surprising conclusion, while Clarkson and Princeton march along in the ECAC in the early going and Miami continues its run. Scott Brown and Jim Connelly take on the week in college hockey.
Following a sweep of Northern Michigan to remain perfect on the season, Miami consolidated its position atop Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll. The RedHawks received 49 of 50 first-place votes to land at No. 1 again, followed by Michigan, which moved up to second with two wins over Nebraska-Omaha. North Dakota traded places with … Read more
Head coach Seth Appert came to Rensselaer with a simple objective: return the Engineers to national prominence. And so far, his methods are producing results, Tom Reale reports.
Welcome, welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to another season of chair-kicking, trash-talking, ego-deflating, weekend-ruining, zebra-hating ECAC Hockey action! Everyone’s mum before the games, so the controversy is pretty minimal so far. We’ll be sure to catch up with the most loquacious personalities afterwards, though. Big Greenhorns Dartmouth is a little wet behind the ears this season … Read more
Big Orange There were a lot of unknowns coming into last Saturday’s game between RIT and Cornell at Rochester’s Blue Cross Arena. The Tigers were 0-2, coming of a disappointing home opener and facing a ranked opponent. Cornell was playing its first official game of the season. And for the Tigers, playing in that building … Read more
When Ryan Cruthers transferred from Army to Robert Morris two years ago, RMU head coach Derek Schooley hoped the talented forward could add to the Colonials’ offense and put up some decent numbers. Are 17 goals decent enough for you? Cruthers popped 17 (including nine on the power play) and added 20 assists last year … Read more
Dave Hendrickson is not available to write the Hockey East column this week. To raise awareness regarding world hunger, Dave is attempting to eat enough to sustain one human being for a whole year in the two weeks between his last column and his next column. The Spirit of ’76 You’d have to go back … Read more
Baby Steps If we’re going by factual errors, I only had one last week — I mistakenly had Kyle Turris as a potential first-round draft pick when, in fact, he already was drafted. Oops. If we want to get technical about things, I was half-right — he was a first-round pick as in a third-overall … Read more
It’s Alive! It’s Aliiiiiive! Collectively, they are The Thing that Wouldn’t Die. Tales of the Michigan Wolverines’ demise this season — or at least their descent to the realm of the mere mortals — seem a bit exaggerated. Picked in both the CCHA media and coaches preseason polls to finish fourth, the Wolverines are ranked … Read more
With the Frozen Four coming to the Mile High City, the Denver Pioneers are intent on avoiding last season’s NCAA tournament near-miss. Assistant captain Tyler Ruegsegger is a big part of that push, Candace Horgan finds in an USCHO Extra feature temporarily available to everyone.
With another week of hockey in the books, Jim Connelly and Scott Brown return to their keyboards. This week, topics include New Hampshire, Miami, RIT, Wayne State and more.
Still perfect on the regular season after a sweep of Nebraska-Omaha, Miami moved into the top spot in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll, taking 39 first-place votes to secure the No. 1 ranking with a 6-0-0 record. The RedHawks supplanted last week’s top-ranked team, North Dakota, which slipped to No. 2 after splitting a … Read more
The CCHA announced that sophomore forward Kai Kantola of Bowling Green has been suspended for three games as the result of a checking-from-behind incident that occurred in a game at BGSU Ice Arena on October 23 against Notre Dame. The supplemental disciplinary action was taken by the CCHA after a review of the incident that … Read more
The NCAA and the state of North Dakota have agreed to an out-of-court settlement over the use of the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname and logo. The agreement gives UND three years to obtain permission to use the nickname from two Sioux tribal governments within the state on the Standing Rock and Spirit … Read more
Worst. Beginning. Ever. I first want to apologize for the mistakes in the last column, particularly those regarding Andrew Gordon of St. Cloud State and the mishap about Wisconsin in the sidebar. Paraphrasing the Guinness commercials: “Factual errors in a first column? BRILLIANT!” That being said, thank you for all the e-mails pointing out said … Read more
It’s in the Stars, Again An escaped prisoner is captured 28 years later. A woman receives her wedding photos 27 years after her big day, when the photographer surprises her at her place of work after cleaning house and finding the pics. An 80-year-old Japanese man receives a postcard sent 64 years earlier. The Red … Read more
It’s long been a topic of discussion in College Hockey America circles. Does the CHA have a future? The league has never had a steady core of teams and since the inception of the league in 1999, Army, Findlay, Air Force and, at the end of this season, Wayne State will all have fled the … Read more
Flying High In its opening weekend, Atlantic Hockey went 0-9-1 in non-conference play. This past weekend, AHA teams were a more respectable 4-9 if you count Canisius’ exhibition win over Manitoba in the consolation game of the Maverick Stampede tournament. Teams again came close in other contests, with Sacred Heart losing 1-0 in overtime at … Read more
A True Believer I think I can remember my response when I first stumbled upon the news that hockey is played by women. It was something like this. “What?” Now, I am no hockey novice, and in fact I can trace my the roots of my hockey fanaticism back to the late 1960’s. But I … Read more
Congrats To Umile Congratulations to New Hampshire coach Dick Umile on his 400th win. One of the class acts in the sport, Umile has his Wildcats in the thick of things year in and year out. Perhaps making the win even more satisfying was that it came over rival Boston University and in its barn, … Read more